[plug] starting a service automatically in Debian

[James Devenish]

In message <20031222114412.GA30151 at mail.guild.uwa.edu.au>
on Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 07:44:12PM +0800, James Devenish wrote:
> For proper usage, you would create a startup script that understands
> both 'start' and 'stop'. You would then put the script into
> /etc/init.d and use symlinks in the /etc/rc?.d directories (or use
> file-rc).

In message <Pine.LNX.4.58.0312221926400.20776 at guildpc7.murdoch.edu.au>
on Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 07:30:21PM +0800, Pabs wrote:
> place your script in /etc/init.d then run the update-rc.d program

Ah! Yes, *now* I remember that :) I'm sure this has all been
discussed on the list before.